It has been raining heavily for four or five days in a row in Luo Kingdom. It finally cleared up slightly today, but the sky is still gloomy and the wind is still a bit strong. In Luo City, which is ten miles away from the sea, you can still smell the fishy sea water.
taste.
"Look, look, look, there is a human head hanging on the city gate. I heard it is the head of Li Guo's boatman!" In Luo City, the people were running around in a hurry, all whispering something.
At this moment, in a row of low alleys not far from the city gate tower, a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old with dark skin and bright eyes came out. He stood at the entrance of the alley, listened for a long time, and then quickly turned back and got into the alley.
"Dad, it's bad. They say that the imperial court chopped off the head of Li Guoren and hung it at the city gate!" The young man hurriedly opened two dark wooden doors and hurriedly walked into a small courtyard.
"What did you say? Did you really kill someone?" An old man in his fifties came out of the main room. He had the same dark complexion and a white scarf on his head. He looked at the boy in surprise.
"It's said to be hung on the city gate tower!" the young man said eagerly, "Dad, didn't you say that those Li people are good people? Why did the court want to kill them?"
"Yunsheng, let's take a look, remember not to talk too much!" the old man whispered, turned around and put on a half-washed white coat and went out.
The boy named Yunsheng nodded quickly.[
At this moment, there were indeed two human heads hanging on the city gate. They were unkempt and unkempt. Although they were far away, the old man recognized them at a glance. His body trembled and he held Yunsheng's hand tightly.
"Dad..." Yunsheng glanced at the old man worriedly.
The old man shook his head and heard someone in the crowd whisper: "I heard that the emperor wanted to kill all the people in Li Guo. Do you think that these people are dead, will Li Guo give up? Is there going to be another war?"
The last war made the people of Luo Kingdom panic, and the pain of the war has not yet healed, and now it is like this...
"Shh, don't worry, how dare you say such a thing!" someone said and quickly pulled the person away.
When the man came out, Father Hu couldn't help but take another look, and saw that it was the owner of Chuji Jiangcai Fang where he often went to do the work. He quickly stepped forward and said, "Shopkeeper Huang!"
"It's Daddy Hu!" Shopkeeper Huang looked tired. He glanced at Daddy Hu, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I know what you are thinking. Now that this incident has come out, everyone at the pier
Stop it, you guys who are doing the work have no food to eat, and our shop has no supply of goods. Hey, I don’t know what the court wants to do!"
Father Hu quickly asked in a low voice: "Shopkeeper Huang, are all the people on the Li Guo merchant ship really captured? What about Shopkeeper Diao?"
"I have a relative who is in the Yamen prison. I went to inquire and found out that there was no shopkeeper Diao inside. Maybe shopkeeper Diao followed the boat back to Li State!" Shopkeeper Huang said quickly.
Father Hu sighed and lowered his voice again, "It has been raining continuously that day. The world is difficult, and this happened again. What do you think..."
"That's all, we are ordinary people, we can only live next to each other. It's a pity that Manager Wu and Manager Li died for nothing!" Shopkeeper Huang said, shook his head, and left with a sigh.
Yunsheng quickly said in a low voice: "Dad, what should we do? Our area all relies on the docks to survive. Now that the docks have all stopped, this..."
Father Hu also shook his head, "It's a small matter that the dock is temporarily suspended. I had a chat with Boss Wu before and I heard that their master, Miss Chu, is now the Queen of Li Kingdom. This is not a small matter, Yunsheng,
Go home quickly and pack your things, I'm afraid we can't stay in Luocheng anymore, let's go eastward and leave this place of right and wrong!"
Yunsheng was stunned and quickly responded.
The imperial court's killing of Li Guo's boatmen soon spread throughout the country, because almost all the people in the suburbs of Luocheng depended on the docks for their lives. Now that floods have destroyed their homes, and with the docks out of service, everyone has lost their lives.
Without income, people in the Luo Kingdom suddenly became panicked.[
In the Royal Palace of the Luo Kingdom, Queen Jade, who had become the Queen Mother, hurriedly entered the royal study. Qu Yi quickly stood up from behind the case and saluted Queen Mother Jade, "My son, I pay my respects to the Queen Mother!"
"Yi'er, the Ai family wants to know the reason. Why did you do this? Do you really want to provoke a war with Li Guo? Didn't you learn a lesson from the last time?" Queen Mother Jade said solemnly, with a trace of emotion in her tone.
Reproaching, "The Ai family knows that you are not willing to lose to a woman, but now that you are the head of a country, everything you do must be based on the overall situation of the Luo country. Now it is too late to fight the disaster, so why do you want to provoke the Li country again?"
Qu Yi stood up slowly, with a stern look on his face and said nothing.
"Yi'er, please stop, it's still too late to stop now!" Queen Mother Jade said solemnly.
"Queen mother, if you want to survive this flood safely, you must detain those goods. Unknown to the queen, the treasury has been empty due to natural disasters in the past two years. When there is another flood this time, the court can no longer support it. There are a large number of merchant ships.
The food, fruits, and vegetables are just what we need to meet our urgent needs!" Qu Yi whispered, "As for the right to access the sea, I have long wanted to take it back. In the past few years, Li Guo has taken control of the right to access the sea and imported a large amount of grain and vegetables.
Fruit has seriously affected the lives of the people of Luo State. More and more people have given up agriculture and turned to work as workers, relying more and more on the docks. I am worried that if this continues, the Li State will take action against us.
By that time, the Luo Kingdom had no power to resist!"
Queen Mother Jade was startled. She didn't think so much. She only knew that as soon as the scene in front of her came out, the people were in chaos!
"Mother, the sea is now very windy and rough. It is impossible for Li Guo to come over from the sea, unless they are taking advantage of Rao Guo. Don't forget, Rao Guo joined forces with us to attack Li Guo last time. Rao Guo's new emperor will definitely not
You will agree, in this way, we will first solve the domestic disaster and let the people live in peace, and then it will not be too late to face the powerful country!" Qu Yi expressed his wishful thinking.
"Yi'er, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies in this world. Last time you cooperated with Rao Guo, Rao Guo didn't withdraw his troops early, which made you isolated for reinforcements. How can you be so sure that Rao Guo will not take advantage of this?
To Li Guo?" Queen Mother Jade said solemnly.
Qu Yi frowned and fell silent.
"After all, you still can't forget Chu Yiqing!" Queen Mother Jade sighed, "For so many years, this position has been empty. Don't think that Aijia doesn't know what you are thinking? At night, you often look at your shoulders.
The wounds speak for themselves, right?"
Qu Yi's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "The queen sent someone to monitor her son?"
Queen Mother Jade held Qu Yi's hand and said, "Yi'er, you can't make any more mistakes. Release those boatmen quickly and let them return home when the strong wind subsides. Now we have two people dead, and you killed those two
Those who beat the common people to death can be considered justified. As for those materials, we can give divorce letters to their masters, and the reduced taxes will be offset by them in the future!"
Qu Yi's face darkened: "What does the Queen Mother mean for me to bow my head and admit my mistake? There are no people from the Li Kingdom yet, so why not, the Queen Mother wants me to bow my head and admit my mistake?"
Queen Mother Jade whispered: "You are indeed wrong!"
Qu Yi turned around quickly and said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, I am the emperor. It is best for Queen Mother not to interfere in this important matter of the country!"
"You!" Queen Mother Yu stood up, her eyes full of disappointment, "Since you are so determined to have your own way, the Ai family can't advise you, so just do it yourself!"
Queen Mother Jade left the imperial study angrily.
Queen Mother Jade came out of the Imperial Study Room, staggered and almost fainted.
"Empress Dowager, please take care of yourself!" The personal maid quickly stepped forward to support Empress Dowager Jade.
Queen Mother Jade shook her head and whispered: "Ask Prince Yuan to come to see the Ai family, and tell him that the Ai family has something important to ask him!"
The maid nodded quickly.
In the palace of Queen Mother Jade, Qu Yuan, the current emperor's uncle, hurriedly bowed to see Queen Mother Jade.
"How are these days for Peiru?" Queen Mother Jade asked in a low voice without talking about state affairs.
Yu Peiru is the sister of Empress Dowager Yu and the legitimate second daughter of the Yu family. After marrying Prince Yuan for many years, she and Prince Yuan were very affectionate. Unfortunately, she accidentally entered Yuelao Temple and was rescued. She had already met Prince Yuan alone.
Even though she was living alone, Prince Yuan never left her. Even after so many years, Yu Peiru still couldn't let go.
"It's still the same. When I go to see her, eight out of ten times I don't see her!" Prince Yuan whispered, with a very troubled expression on his face.
Queen Mother Jade sighed, "Don't 'force' her, no matter who has experienced that kind of thing, they can't face it!"
Prince Yuan nodded.
"Do you know about Yi'er seizing the ship and killing Li Guo's boatmen?" Queen Mother Jade finally got back to her business.
Prince Yuan nodded, "The emperor said that he wants to take this opportunity to take back the sea rights. Even if he can't take it back completely, he must share it equally with Li Guo. He can't just be controlled by Li Guo! In recent years, Li Guo has been dumping supplies on us, and also
It has indeed affected the development of Luo Country!"
"It's good that Yi'er has such an idea, but why are we in such a hurry? The floods haven't receded yet. If there is another war, then..." Empress Dowager Yu said worriedly.
"I have also advised the Emperor on this matter, but the Emperor does not listen, and I have no choice! Besides, we do need that batch of supplies!" Prince Yuan said in a low voice.
"Then do you know who the masters of these boatmen are?" Empress Dowager Jade saw that the direct answer was clear, so she had to use her trump card and asked.
Prince Yuan shook his head.
"Their master is Chu Yiqing, the man who discovered the secret of Yuelao Temple and rescued Peiru from Yuelao Temple!" Queen Mother Jade said solemnly.
Prince Yuan was startled and whispered: "Is it her?"
"Yesterday, someone came to ask for help with the jade pendant that the Ai family had given to Chu Yiqing. Only then did the Ai family know that Li Dayong and Mr. Wu had been rescued from the prison by someone from the Ai family!" Empress Dowager Yu whispered.
"The heads of the two people hanging on the city gate are..." Prince Yuan was startled.
"Those are the two death row inmates who were originally in prison. The Ai family asked them to disguise themselves!" Queen Mother Jade said solemnly.
"Then where is the emperor..." Prince Yuan shouted in a low voice.
"The Ai family went to test him just now and found that it didn't make sense at all, so the Ai family didn't tell the truth. Now you are the only one who knows about this!" Empress Dowager Yu looked at Prince Yuan, "Let's not talk about Chu Yiqing's relationship with Pei Ru.
If you have the grace to save your life, let’s talk about the current situation in Luo Country. Do you really think there is no problem for Yi’er to do this?”
Prince Yuan remained silent.
"Yi'er left the Ai family at the age of eight and went undercover in the Luo State. He finally obtained the sea access rights of the Li State, but was defeated by Chu Yiqing in one move. Over the years, he has been grudges and has always wanted to gain access to the sea.
The Ai family can understand the return to Tong Haiquan, but Yi'er acted rashly regardless of the safety of the Luo Kingdom..." Empress Dowager Yu frowned tightly.
"The emperor is too competitive. He will not allow anyone to override him. The death of Prince Ying and Jiang Yun back then. As an emperor, it is better to be more aggressive, so as not to cut the grass without eradicating the roots, and the spring breeze will bring new growth. But
Those two, one is his younger brother, the other is the person who loves him, he..." Prince Yuan couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the scene back then.
Queen Mother Jade sighed faintly, "Maybe it's because Yi'er has suffered so much to get this position, so... now that he trusts you, you have to help him properly!"
Prince Yuan sighed and said, "The emperor's sister-in-law means..."
"Try your best to persuade Yi'er, don't let him make the same mistake again and again!" Queen Mother Jade said solemnly.
Prince Yuan thought for a while and nodded.
At the famous town of Chuhan, Tenglong and Leiyuan arrived one after another, but looking at the bare dock, they were really helpless.
There are two spare boats on the dock, but how can we sail them without boatmen!
"Master Lei!" Tie Shuan came with people.
"It turns out to be Mr. Li!" Lei Yuan hurried forward.
"Mr. Lei, you're welcome. Just call me Tieshuan. I received a letter from my aunt and asked people to search for shopkeeper Li all night long. Now he has been found. Now that he has agreed to help, he will try his best to find the boatman back then and see if he can do it today.
Sail to Luo Country!" Tie Shuan hurriedly stepped forward and said.
"Thank you!" Lei Yuan patted Tie Shuan on the shoulder.
Tie Shuan smiled and said: "Everywhere, I do things for my aunt!"
Lei Yuan nodded.
After waiting for a day, Shopkeeper Li finally found twenty-two boatmen. However, when these boatmen heard that they were going to Luo Country, they all shook their heads and refused to work.
"I heard that the Chu family's ship and its crew have been detained in the Luo Kingdom. Who dares to go? Unless they die!" Those people said, all kneeling in front of Tieshuan and begging for mercy, "Master Qingtian, let's
There are old and young children at home, so we really can’t go!”
Tie Shuan frowned and was in a dilemma when he saw four large ships approaching on the sea.
"Is that... a pirate ship?" When everyone saw the skull and sea eagle logo on the ship, they were all scared to death.
"It's Dahai and the others!" Lei Yuan had met Dahai several times before when he was in the four cities of Yanjing, and he said immediately.
"How could we forget the people on Haiying Island!" Tie Shuan quickly patted his head and said, "They live on the island all year round, their water quality is good, and their navigation skills are better than ordinary boatmen!"
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